1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000955540403321

Autore

Attneave, Fred

Titolo

Applications of information theory to psychology : A Summary of Basic Concepts, Methods, and Results / Fred Attneave

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York [etc.] : Rinehart and Winston, 1959

Disciplina

574

Locazione

FI1

Collocazione

39-021

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000671410403321

Autore

Dezzi Bardeschi, Marco <1934- >

Titolo

Frank Lloyd Wright / Marco Dezzi Bardeschi.-

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Firenze : Sansoni, 1978

Descrizione fisica

94 p.,(20) c.di tav. : ill. ; 31 cm

Collana

I maestri del Novecento ; 12

Locazione

DINST

Collocazione

01 DA 1005.2

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456175203321

Autore

Saywell John

Titolo

Canadian annual review for 1961 / / edited by John Saywell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Toronto, Ontario] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1962

©1962

ISBN

1-282-00951-6

9786612009518

1-4426-7175-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (496 p.)

Collana

Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs

Disciplina

971.064

Soggetti

POLITICAL SCIENCE / General

Electronic books.

Canada Politics and government 1945-

Canada Economic conditions 1945-

Canada Foreign relations 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- CONTRIBUTORS -- CANADIAN CALENDAR -- PARLIAMENT AND POLITICS -- EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND DEFENCE -- THE ECONOMY -- BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY -- EDUCATION: ENGLISH CANADA -- L'EDUCATION AU QUEBEC -- PUBLIC LAW: ALARMS AND FOREIGN EXCURSIONS -- LE DROIT ET LA LEGISLATION DANS LA PROVINCE DE QUEBEC -- RELIGION -- SCIENCE -- JOURNALISM -- LITTÉRATURE CANADIENNE-FRANÇAISE -- WRITING IN ENGLISH -- DRAMA: ENGLISH CANADA -- LE THEATRE DE LANGUE FRANÇAISE -- MUSIC -- ART -- RADIO ET TÉLÉVISION -- TELEVISION IN 1961 -- RADIO -- CANADIAN SPORT, 1961 -- OBITUARIES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Here is an indispensable reference book for those concerned directly or indirectly with Canadian public affairs. The Canadian Annual Review is not only a concise and convenient record of the year, but a responsible appraisal of important developments related in perspective. It has been expressly prepared for this purpose by a special panel of recognized



experts, writing under the direction of a leading Canadian historian and political commentator. As succeeding volumes appear, the Canadian Annual Review will grow in value; in the years ahead, a complete series of volumes will provide a clear historical perspective of the present and the immediate past.For rapid review of any important topic, for convenient checking of the course of a piece of legislation, for quick determination of a death date, or for information on the circumstances of a major government appointment or retirement - there are hundreds of uses which will make the Canadian Annual Reivew a regular reference habit. Its place will regularly be on the desk rather than the shelf.The superb index is not only a guide to the first edition of this important reference work; it is the only index to the history of the time. And in addition to being concise and completely authoritative, the Canadian Annual Review is readable. The articles it contains can be read consecutively for the interest they possess and the instruction they offer, or they can be spot-read with ease to locate particular information.

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960623103321

Autore

Schwartz Moisés

Titolo

Consumer Confusion : : The Choice of AFORE / / Moisés Schwartz, Enrique Domínguez, Roberto Calderón-Colín

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

ISBN

9786612841286

9781462356805

146235680X

9781452782379

1452782377

9781282841284

1282841289

9781451870350

1451870353

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (63 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/177

Altri autori (Persone)

Calderón-ColínRoberto

DomínguezEnrique

Disciplina

332.67254

Soggetti

Pension trusts - Mexico - Management - Econometric models

Competition - Mexico - Econometric models

Competition

Expenditure



Expenditures, Public

Finance

Finance: General

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Income economics

Labor

Labour

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General

Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits

Pension spending

Pensions

Private Pensions

Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Retirement Policies

Retirement

Social Security and Public Pensions

Mexico

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. The Choice of AFORE in Mexico; A. Inelasticity of Demand and Switching among Fund Managers; Figures; 1. Switches; 2. Turnover Ratio for Mexico and Chile; Tables; 1. Regression Analysis 1; 2. Regression Analysis 2; 3. Switches In 2006; 4. Gain or Loss after Switching Workers' Estimated Balance at the Age of Retirement; 5. Gain or Loss after Switching Workers' Estimated Balance after a Five-Year Period; 6. Loss from not Switching to the to the "Optimal" AFORE Workers' Estimated Balance at the Age of Retirement

7. Loss from not Switching to the "Optimal" AFORE Workers' Estimated Balance after a Five-Year Period B. The Effectiveness of an Increase in Supply; 3. Gain/Loss in Balances for Hypothetical Cases of Workers that began accruing; 4. Winners and Losers Due to Decreases in Fees; 5. Changes in Balances Due to Decreases in Fees; III. Consumer's "Confusion" and "Noise"; A. Theoretical Framework; B. Statistical Analysis of Possible "Noise" Distributions

8. "Noise Distribution" Percentage Loss in Pension Balances at Retirement Age Due to "Sub-Optimal" Choice of AFORE Fitted by the Normal and Weibull Distributions.9. "Noise Distribution" Percentage Loss in Pension Balances After A Five-year Period Due to "Sub-Optimal" Choice of AFORE Fitted By The Normal and Weibull Distributions; C. Mark-up Estimation in the AFORE Industry; 6. Mark-up According to the Number of AFOREs; IV. Empirical Study; A. Measurement of "Noise" and Consumer "Confusion"; B. Econometric Framework to Measure "Confusion's " Relative Importance; C. Empirical Results

V. Concluding Remarks Annexes; I. The Model; II. Questionnaires; References

Sommario/riassunto

This paper was prepared for the World Bank 4th Annual Contractual



Savings Conference (Washington DC, April 2008) co-organized by Gregorio Impavido (gimpavido@imf.org). The article shows that account transfers among pension administrators in Mexico barely respond to price or return considerations and in general has not improved the consumer's pension balance. Instead of strengthening competition through lower fees and higher returns for the consumer, AFORE switching has so far undermined the system and resulted in the destruction of value. Moreover, "noisy" evaluations of the product by the consumer tend to undermine the power of competition. Thus, an increased number of pension fund managers has not provided a more competitive environment. The theoretical framework allows for the estimation of "noise" and mark-ups in the AFORE industry. As the number of AFOREs increases, the mark-up diminishes at a very slow rate. This implies that more participants in the industry will hardly affect prices.